Pronunciation key for scriptural Hebrew transliterations:

Symbol:	Phonetic equivalent	Hebrew	Example
’	Glottal stop	א	’apple
v	v	ב	van
b	b	בּ	ban
ğ	Soft g	ג	gin
g	Hard g	גּ	gum
th	Hard th	ד	that
d	d	דּ	dot
h	English H	ה	hat
hh	Strong H	הּ	who
w	w	ו	win
uw	“oo-w”	וּ	Jew
z	z	ז	zoo
ch	German ch, Spanish x	ח	blech!
ţ	English t	ט	cent
y	Y	י	yo-yo
yy	ē-y	יּ	meyow
kh	French r, Spanish J	כ	Jalapeño
k	k	כּ	king
l	l	ל	love
m	m	מ	mom
mm	m	מּ	humming
n	n	נ	no
ç	Sharp s	ס	sip
`	Deep rough breathing	ע
ph	f	פ	phone
p	p	פּ	pin
ts	German z, “ts”	צ	tots
q	q	ק	quail
r	English r	ר	rabbit
sh	sh	שׁ	shoe
shsh	German “sch”	שּׁ	machine
s	s	שׂ	mistake
ss	ss	שּׂ	massive
th	Soft th	ת	cloth
t	Spanish t	תּ	Motive

Vowel	Phonetic equivalent	Example	Point
á a â é e ë ^e í i Y iy ó o ow ú u uw	Accented syllable Spanish “a” English short ŏ Accented syllable Spanish “e” English long ā English short ŭ, brief Accented syllable English short ĭ English long ē “ĭē” Accented syllable Spanish “o” English long ō Accented syllable Spanish “u” (oo) “oo-w”	Papá Papá hot métric head tape supply hístory hit history free robó more flow Sousa hoot Jew	ַ̀ ַ , ֲ ָ , ֳ ֶ̀ , ֱ̀ ֶ , ֱ ֵ ְ ִ̀ ִ י ִי ֹ˛ ֹ וֹ ֻ̀ ֻ וּ